50. BELGRADE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEST / 4.3.2022. /
50. BELGRADE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEST
Friday, March 4
FEST FOCUS
10.00 COMMUNIST PARADISE
Serbia, 2022 / 96’
Drama
Director: Miloš Stojanović
Cast: Goran Daničić – Žuća, Lazar Strugar, Rade Knežević, Zoran Ćosić, Lea Blasko, Tanja Kecman, Vukašin Nikitović, Alek Kezele, Fredrik Wagner, Viktor Akerblom, Aleksandra Šaljić, Nikola Bulatović, Mirko Jokić, Ervin Kolmančić, Taro Kadooka, Milan Milivojević
The film is based on the play Communist Paradise by Aleksandar Popović, a master of grotesque, who showed how the whole society is changing in wartime conditions. Human natures are changing in all layers of society, to incredible proportions…
GALA
12.00 PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT / LES OLYMPIADES, PARIS 13E
France, 2021 / 105’
Comedy
Director: Jacques Audiard
Cast: Noémie Merlant, Stephen Manas, Geneviève Doang, Lumina Wang, Jehnny Beth, Makita Samba, Pol White, Lucie Zhang, Line Phé, Anaïde Rozam
Paris, 13th District today. Emilie meets Camille, who is attracted to Nora, who crosses the path of Amber. Three girls and a boy redefine what modern love is. They’re friends, sometimes lovers and often both.
Festivals:
Cannes, Karlovy Vary, Zurich, Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal, Hamburg, BFI London, Chicago, Gent, Vienna, Riga, Seville European Film Festival, Thessaloniki
Awards:
Chicago: Special Mention
Hamburg: Best Feature
Seville European Film Festival: Best Actress (Lucie Zhang)
GALA
14.30 BELFAST
UK, 2021 / 97’
Drama
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Jude Hill, Caitríona Balfe, Judi Dench, Jamie Dornan, Ciarán Hinds, Colin Morgan
A coming-of-age drama set during the tumult of late-1960s Northern Ireland, the film follows young Buddy as he navigates a landscape of working-class struggle, sweeping cultural changes, and sectarian violence. Buddy dreams of a glamorous future that will whisk him far from the Troubles, but, in the meantime, he finds consolation in his charismatic Pa and Ma, and his spry, tale-spinning grandparents.
Festivals:
Toronto, Hamburg, BFI London, Rome, Independent Film Festival Boston, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Seville European Film Festival, Stockholm, Rio de Janeiro
Awards:
Toronto: People’s Choice Award
Golden Globes for Best Screenplay (Kenneth Branagh)
MAIN COMPETITION
17.00 AFTER THE WINTER / POSLIJE ZIME
Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia, 2021 / 101’
Drama
Director: Ivan Bakrač
Cast: Momčilo Otašević, Petar Burić, Ana Vučković, Ivona Kustudić, Maja Šuša
Five small town Montenegrin childhood friends still cherish their friendship, despite being scattered all across former Yugoslavia. Over the course of one year, after a series of life-defining events, they are forced to transform their careless, escapist youth into maturity. When the winter is over, each of them will have to build their own new world.
Festivals:
Karlovy Vary, Cottbus
MAIN COMPETITON
19.30 SUPERHEROES / SUPEREROI
Italia, 2021 / 100’
Comedy
Director: Paolo Genovese
Cast: Jasmine Trinca, Alessandro Borghi, Greta Scarano, Vinicio Marchioni, Linda Caridi, Gwendolyn Gourvenec, Flavio Parenti, Michelangelo Severgnini, Elena Sofia Ricci
The story of a young couple who falls in love and struggles to keep its relationship alive going through tenderness and fights, lies and emotions, secrets and cheatings. A sentimental dramedy about couples and the effect of time passing on their relationships, posing a simple but profound question: what superpowers you need to have, to love each other your whole life?
Festivals:
Berlin Film Festival
MAIN COMPETITION
22.00 VORTEX
France, Belgium, Monaco, 2021 / 142’
Drama
Director: Gaspar Noé
Cast: Dario Argento, Françoise Lebrun, Alex Lutz
An older couple drink a toast to each other on the terrace of their flat. They would appear to be happy and healthy. But their quiet autumn days are slowly torn apart by an insiduous illness that causes Françoise to first get lost on the streets of Paris and soon in her own mind as well.
Festivals:
Cannes, Locarno, Karlovy Vary, Jerusalem, San Sebastián, New York, Hamburg, Busan, Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal, Gent, Brisbane, Vienna, Thessaloniki, Cairo
Awards:
Festival du nouveau cinéma Montréal: Audience Award for Best Film
Ghent: Grand Prix for the Best Film
Hamburg: Critics Award
San Sebastián: Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Prize